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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER 2017 47 Sport England - Premier League Crystal Palace - Southampton ................ 0-1 Huddersfield - Leicester City .................. 1-1 Liverpool - Burnley ................................ 1-1 Newcatle United - Stoke City .................. 2-1 Watford - Manchester City ...................... 0-6 West Bromwich Albion - West Ham Utd .. 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur - Swansea City ......... 0-0 Today 14:30 Chelsea - Arsenal 17:00 Manchester United - Everton Italy - Serie A Crotone - Inter ....................................... 0-2 Fiorentina - Bologna ............................. 2-1 Roma - Hellas Verona ............................ Late Today 12:30 Sassuolo - Juventus 15:00 AC Milan - Udinese 15:00 SPAL 2013 - Cagliari 15:00 SSC Napoli - Benevento 15:00 Torino - Sampdoria 18:00 ChievoVerona - Atalanta 20:45 Genoa - Lazio Spain - Liga Satander Levante - Valencia ................................. 1-1 Getafe - Barcelona ................................ 1-2 Real Betis - Deportivo La Coruna ............ 2-1 Atletico Madrid - Malaga ......................Late Today 12:00 Alaves - Villarreal 16:15 Girona - Sevilla 18:30 La Palmas - Athletic Bilbao 20:45 Real Sociedad - Real Madrid Tomorrow 21:00 Espanyol - Celta Vigo Germany - Bundesliga Bayern Munich - Mainz 05 ..................... 4-0 Eintracht Frankfurt - Augsburg ............... 1-2 VfB Stuttgart - Wolfsburg ....................... 1-0 Werder Bremen - Schalke 04 ................. 1-2 RasenBallsport Leipzig - Borussia M. ...... 2-2 Today 13:30 Hoffenheim - Hertha Berlin 15:30 Bayer Leverkusen - Freiburg 18:00 Borussia Dortmund - FC Cologne Football Results & Fixtures SPORTTODAY FOOTBALL Newly promoted side earn a point each in a 1-1 draw PHOTOGRAPHY BY DOMINIC BORG Naxxar Lions ................ 1 Lija Athletic ................. 1 WARREN ZAMMIT DURING the first half, both teams shared possession inside the centre of the pitch with nei- ther side trying to be adventur- ous. In fact, the highlight of the half was brilliant piece of play by Leejoe Schembri that sent Lija ahead. Lija Created the first chance on goal after twelve minutes. Er- jon Beu received the ball on the right f lank, ran towards goal, and fired a shot that was neu- tralised by Christoph Nicht. Naxxar responded on the 15th minute. Scott James Fenwick hit a low shot from inside the pen- alty area that went wide. Lija forged ahead on the 33rd minute. Abubakar Bello Osagie sent a through ball in the direc- tion of Leejoe Schembri who went past Manolito Micallef and finished behind Nicht. Naxxar improved in the second half and managed to threaten on a number of occasions. On the other hand, Lija took a defensive approach in their attempts to safeguard their advantage. On the 46th minute, Bello Osagie of Lija hit a shot from the right side of the penalty area that hit the side netting. Naxxar responded on the 52nd minute. Daniel Mateo Bustos sent a shot from a free-kick that failed to hit the target. On the 61st minute, Naxxar managed to equalise. Bustos hit a stunning shot from distance that gave Luke Bonnici no chance. Lija tried to hit back on the 64th minute. From a free kick, Beu sent a cross that was met by Leon Muscat whose effort took a def lection off a defender and went out for a corner. Three minutes later, Bello Osagie of Lija fired a low shot from inside the penalty area that was saved by Nicht. Naxxar had a great opportunity to go ahead for the first time in the match on the 77th minute. Fenwick received the ball inside the penalty area and fired a di- agonal shot that hit the post be- fore it got cleared off the line by Predrag Babic. On the 84th minute, Naxxar suffered a setback as Elhadji Ousseynou was sent off after being shown his second yellow card. However, Naxxar kept insisting and had another good opportu- nity two minutes later. Fenwick sent a dangerous cross towards the unmarked Darren Falzon whose header ended up slightly over. Naxxar Lions starting line-up: Christoph Nicht, Scott James Fen- wick, Ryan Grech, Manolito Mi- callef, Duane Bonnici, Go Nagaoka (Darren Falzon – 66), Daniel Mateo Bustos, Angus Buhagiar (Mark Fenech – 45), Ndoje Alhadji Ous- seynou, Adrian Cascaval, Arnaud Mendy Lija Athletic starting line-up: Luke Bonnici, Predrag Babic, Leon Mus- cat, Daniel Scerri, Erjon Beu, Leejoe Schembri (Carl Cassar – 78), An- toine Borg, Abubaker Bello Osag- ie, Mc Allister Clinch, Ousmane Sidibe, Djamel Leeflang (Marcelo De Souza – 78) Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann Assistant Referees: Duncan Siltana, Sammy Attard Yellow Cards: Bello Osagie (Lija), Elhadji Ousseynou (Naxxar), Scerri (Lija), Leeflang (Lija), Elhadji Ous- seynou (Naxxar), Bonnici (Lija) Red Cards: Elhadyi Ousseynou (Naxxar) Fourth Official: Eman Grech BOV Player of the Match: Dan- iel Mateo Bustos (Naxxar)